Amendment No. 18 | Doc. 14229 | 23 January 2017

Attacks against journalists and media freedom in Europe

Signatories: Mr Armen RUSTAMYAN, Armenia, SOC ; Mr Piet De BRUYN, Belgium, NR ; Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOU, Cyprus, SOC ; Ms Lotta JOHNSSON FORNARVE, Sweden, UEL ; Ms Ioanneta KAVVADIA, Greece, UEL ; Mr Georgios KYRITSIS, Greece, UEL ; Mr Georgios MAVROTAS, Greece, SOC ; Ms Naira ZOHRABYAN, Armenia, EC

Origin - 2017 - First part-session

In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 9 with the following paragraph:

"The Assembly furthermore notes that the protection of media freedom under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights poses a particular challenge in conflict zones. The Assembly is convinced that there should be no grey areas in Europe when it comes to the application and protection of the European Convention on Human Rights as a whole. In this regard, the Assembly calls on the Secretary General to explore avenues of engaging the Council of Europe's mechanisms, with a status-neutral approach, in assessing the situation of media freedom in those parts of Europe. The Assembly also pays particular tribute to the few investigative journalists who dare to shed light on the situation in those areas."